"WHEN IT'S 'UP AND COMING',
IT'S DEAD".
Wayne Kirven
Few Sohoites are so massively knowledgeable in fashion and style as Wayne Kirven.
His Instagram account is a treasure trove of influencers and style gurus through the ages.
Up until now only the Soho Gods knew where he gets his information. His photographic archive spans many decades.
His Instagram account is a treasure trove of influencers and style gurus through the ages.
Up until now only the Soho Gods knew where he gets his information. His photographic archive spans many decades.
To stay outside the mainstream is important to maintain perspective of style. "When it's 'up and coming', it's dead", he says.
He doesn't compromise on this approach. It has served him well for over 60 years.
Wayne has worked in many top men's fashion shops and represented major Italian and London designers in the King's Road, Soho, Mayfair and Bond Street, with stints in Milan and Paris. Always keeping an eye for new styles and names in fashion and music.
From the 50s onwards Wayne has kept the pulse of London and world fashion.
He has witnessed the influence designers and musicians have had on fashion styles since the Swinging Sixties.
He doesn't compromise on this approach. It has served him well for over 60 years.
Wayne has worked in many top men's fashion shops and represented major Italian and London designers in the King's Road, Soho, Mayfair and Bond Street, with stints in Milan and Paris. Always keeping an eye for new styles and names in fashion and music.
From the 50s onwards Wayne has kept the pulse of London and world fashion.
He has witnessed the influence designers and musicians have had on fashion styles since the Swinging Sixties.
Countercultures start the new styles and then they are adapted for worldwide distribution by the big fashion firms.
Wayne Kirven's experience is watered down only by his long view. He was there when it all happened so he has an understanding of what is really perennially cool.
Wayne Kirven's experience is watered down only by his long view. He was there when it all happened so he has an understanding of what is really perennially cool.
These days you can find him at the outside table of Bar Italia in Soho watching the world go by and taking notes of any new style. This is where Soho Image Arts Magazine caught up with him and took note of his story.
The selection of music in the article is a personal choice by Wayne Kirven. He has chosen it especially for this interview with links provided for each track.
Ladies and gentlemen, Wayne Kirven.
In his own words.
The selection of music in the article is a personal choice by Wayne Kirven. He has chosen it especially for this interview with links provided for each track.
Ladies and gentlemen, Wayne Kirven.
In his own words.
THROUGH THE WAYNE DECADES
MUSIC AND FASHION IN SOHO AND LONDON
MUSIC AND FASHION IN SOHO AND LONDON
The Fifties
I started coming to Soho from Mile End in the early Fifties at the age of 8. I was accompanying my grandfather when he delivered meat products to the many butchers and restaurants in the area. I also officiated as his personal bookmaker of sorts. I knew all the bookmakers in Soho and I used to place bets for him and his mates.
There was not a lot of money around in the Fifties. It was populated by 'Modernists' as they were known. They were arriving from the East End.
There was no fashion in Soho or London during this time.
There was not a lot of money around in the Fifties. It was populated by 'Modernists' as they were known. They were arriving from the East End.
There was no fashion in Soho or London during this time.
Rumble by Link Wray (1958)
Justin de Villeneuve was around. He was a hairdresser. He was 'the face' at the time. Ten years later he discovered Twiggy. I've known Justin for over 50 years and he is now writing his life story with his daughter. He's not telling anybody anything until he publish his memoires.
The Fifties was very sharp. Many East Enders also came to Soho. Drink, food and accommodation were cheap. They wore short hair cuts. They wore winklepickers.
There was a lot of jazz and early rock in Soho in the Fifties.
This was the time of the Two I's, skiffle and rock and roll.
The Fifties was very sharp. Many East Enders also came to Soho. Drink, food and accommodation were cheap. They wore short hair cuts. They wore winklepickers.
There was a lot of jazz and early rock in Soho in the Fifties.
This was the time of the Two I's, skiffle and rock and roll.
Years later when I was a student at the London College of Fashion (I did cutting and styling) I worked at Sportique, a fashion shop in Old Compton Street. Next door to the Two I's coffee bar and under Dougie Millings studio, then The Beatles tailor.
Sportique was the more casual line of John Michael who was a top fashion designer of the period. He also had shops in Bond Street, King's Road and Marylebone. He was casual but high quality. It wasn't flash like Cecil Gee.
It was in Sportique one day when George Harrison walked in. This was around 1962-63. He asked me for the address of Imoff's, the record shop. He was looking for the vinyl album of James Brown at the Apollo. I walked with him to the record shop.
Later I went to work with Pierre Cardin in Paris in 1963-64. The company I was working for in London at the time, called GUS and which owned some major brands like Burberry's, asked me if I wanted to go to Paris to work for Pierre Cardin for a few months as they were going to represent him in London.
Sportique was the more casual line of John Michael who was a top fashion designer of the period. He also had shops in Bond Street, King's Road and Marylebone. He was casual but high quality. It wasn't flash like Cecil Gee.
It was in Sportique one day when George Harrison walked in. This was around 1962-63. He asked me for the address of Imoff's, the record shop. He was looking for the vinyl album of James Brown at the Apollo. I walked with him to the record shop.
Later I went to work with Pierre Cardin in Paris in 1963-64. The company I was working for in London at the time, called GUS and which owned some major brands like Burberry's, asked me if I wanted to go to Paris to work for Pierre Cardin for a few months as they were going to represent him in London.
The Sixties
Where to shop in the Sixties: King's Road and Carnaby Street.
(Boutique London by Richard Lester).
(Boutique London by Richard Lester).
Back in London from Paris I worked for Austin Reed in Regent Street. They were opening a younger shop called Cue run by Colin Woodhead, previously the editor of Town Magazine. They asked me to work with them because I knew quite a few people by then, like the singer Marc Bolan whom I knew as Mark Feld and later would go on to form the band T Rex.
I also knew Lloyd Johnson who owned three of four shops in Kensington Market and the King's Road. Another friend of mine, Johnny Rowley had a shop there under the name Johnny Moke, quite famous at the time, around 1966-67.
I also knew Lloyd Johnson who owned three of four shops in Kensington Market and the King's Road. Another friend of mine, Johnny Rowley had a shop there under the name Johnny Moke, quite famous at the time, around 1966-67.
Then I went to Brown's in South Molton Street which was owned by a man called William Picket Brown who was one of the original Swinging Sixties guys. He was a rich playboy. Another Swinging Sixties guy was Chris Blackwell who invested a lot of money and started Island Records. Later on he brought Reggae to London.
I was Brown's before Berstein's took it over.
That was all during the Swinging Sixties. There is a misconception about this. The real 'swinging sixties' guys were about seven or eight people really swinging it. Two were PIcket Brown and Blackwell, the others were David Bailey, Mary Quant, Terence Stamp, Terence Conran, Jean Shrimpton.
I was Brown's before Berstein's took it over.
That was all during the Swinging Sixties. There is a misconception about this. The real 'swinging sixties' guys were about seven or eight people really swinging it. Two were PIcket Brown and Blackwell, the others were David Bailey, Mary Quant, Terence Stamp, Terence Conran, Jean Shrimpton.
Green Onions (1962) by Booker T & The MGs
"IN TERMS OF MUSIC KING'S ROAD WAS MORE PSYCHEDELIA"
Wayne Kirven
Wayne Kirven
edIn the Sixties the whole fashion thing went from black and white to colour. The difference between the Fifties and Sixties is that men were not afraid to wear colour anymore. Fashion style became a bit more unisex.
There was a gay influence then despite the fact that it was still outlawed. They would wear more colour for the first time. The straight people copied them and it became the look of the Sixties. The early Sixties was much more colorful than before thanks to Carnaby Street.
The difference between the King's Road and Carnaby Street at the time was that there was more money in the King's Road. Young people came from the country and had a patch in Chelsea and hang out in between courses in Terence Conran's Kitchen and in Bazaar, the Mary Quant shop.
Mary Quant made the miniskirt popular in Chelsea. From there it took off to the world. Mary doesn't take the credit herself for inventing it. But she made affordable, original clothes The miniskirt was one of them. Mary first opened her shop in the mid 1950s. So she knew what her customers wanted.
There was a gay influence then despite the fact that it was still outlawed. They would wear more colour for the first time. The straight people copied them and it became the look of the Sixties. The early Sixties was much more colorful than before thanks to Carnaby Street.
The difference between the King's Road and Carnaby Street at the time was that there was more money in the King's Road. Young people came from the country and had a patch in Chelsea and hang out in between courses in Terence Conran's Kitchen and in Bazaar, the Mary Quant shop.
Mary Quant made the miniskirt popular in Chelsea. From there it took off to the world. Mary doesn't take the credit herself for inventing it. But she made affordable, original clothes The miniskirt was one of them. Mary first opened her shop in the mid 1950s. So she knew what her customers wanted.
Chelsea beyond the year 1965 took the place of Soho. In the early Sixties the place was Carnaby Street in Soho. In the late Sixties it was the King's Road.
In terms of music the King's Road was more psychedelia. Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles were very much in the King's Road. Cream was also around.
In the Sixties pirate radio Radio Caroline appeared.
Of course the Sixties was the big decade of English bands creating a trend around the world like The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Herman's Mermits, Manfred Mann, The Shadows and many others.
In terms of music the King's Road was more psychedelia. Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles were very much in the King's Road. Cream was also around.
In the Sixties pirate radio Radio Caroline appeared.
Of course the Sixties was the big decade of English bands creating a trend around the world like The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Herman's Mermits, Manfred Mann, The Shadows and many others.
In the picture Michael Rainey, boutique owner (Boutique London).
Classical Gas (1968) by Mason Williams
The Seventies
"BROWN'S WAS THE FIRST FASHION SHOP"
Wayne Kirven
Wayne Kirven
In my business suddenly Brown's took off and continental designers were all being sold there.
Brown's was the first shop to represent Prada, Armani, Versace.
The big shops were very mundane and predictable, like Harrods, Selfridges.
Fashion was Brown's and Brown's was the first fashion shop to go to. But the designers were not satisfied, they wanted their own shop . The first continental designer that opened in London was Yves St Laurent. They opened in Bond Street for women first and then men. I managed the men's section during that period.
Brown's was the first shop to represent Prada, Armani, Versace.
The big shops were very mundane and predictable, like Harrods, Selfridges.
Fashion was Brown's and Brown's was the first fashion shop to go to. But the designers were not satisfied, they wanted their own shop . The first continental designer that opened in London was Yves St Laurent. They opened in Bond Street for women first and then men. I managed the men's section during that period.
In the Seventies when I left Brown's I went to work for Yves St Laurent as manager of their two men's shops, one in Bond Street and one in Knightsbridge.
I followed St Laurent with a job in Aquascutum. The head stylist was Michael Drake who asked me to join him to make it a little bit more fashionable.
During the Seventies Soho got very tatty, sordid and had lost its character. Nothing happened there at the time. It was not the place to go. There were places like Bar Italia and Ronnie Scotts that were still very active but not much more. Carnaby Street was gone. Still, the bigger film studios were there but they would be replaced shortly by smaller production companies.
I followed St Laurent with a job in Aquascutum. The head stylist was Michael Drake who asked me to join him to make it a little bit more fashionable.
During the Seventies Soho got very tatty, sordid and had lost its character. Nothing happened there at the time. It was not the place to go. There were places like Bar Italia and Ronnie Scotts that were still very active but not much more. Carnaby Street was gone. Still, the bigger film studios were there but they would be replaced shortly by smaller production companies.
Rosette (1975) by Dr Feelgood
The counterculture of the 70s was punk. It probably started in 1976-77 with Vivienne Westwood. They were at the far end of the King's Road, beyond World's End. The first shops were Smutz and Seditionaries, this one by Malcolm McLaren. Body piercing and torn clothes became the fashion accessory to have during the 70s. Big time unemployment created its own fashion.
Punk then moved also to Kensington Church Street, off High Street Kensington. Nothing was happening in Soho. It was all in the King's Road and High Street Kensington. Lawrence Corner was also big in the late Seventies.
In the Seventies young people didn't have the money for big music shows and concerts. So they went to pubs which hired new bands to play and drum up business. That's when Dr Feelgood and others made it big with punk in the pub culture.
The Sex Pistols people created a cult around them and Malcolm McLaren was involved and with the punk fashion culture of Vivienne Westwood.
Punk then moved also to Kensington Church Street, off High Street Kensington. Nothing was happening in Soho. It was all in the King's Road and High Street Kensington. Lawrence Corner was also big in the late Seventies.
In the Seventies young people didn't have the money for big music shows and concerts. So they went to pubs which hired new bands to play and drum up business. That's when Dr Feelgood and others made it big with punk in the pub culture.
The Sex Pistols people created a cult around them and Malcolm McLaren was involved and with the punk fashion culture of Vivienne Westwood.
White Riot (1977) by The Clash
The mod way was represented by The Jam, The Purple Hearts and the punks by Sex Pistols. The Clash did both. They were the most respected of all the bands in the late 70s.
Paul Weller of The Jam (1976-1982) and Style Council (1983-1989) was one of the few musicians who crossed over successfully from the Seventies punk/mod to the Eighties jazz/pop.
Paul Weller of The Jam (1976-1982) and Style Council (1983-1989) was one of the few musicians who crossed over successfully from the Seventies punk/mod to the Eighties jazz/pop.
In The City (1977) by The Jam.
The Eighties
"LOADSAMONEY TIMES"
Wayne Kirven
Wayne Kirven
To Cut A Long Story Short (1980) by Spandau Ballet
When I left Aquascutum I was approached by some companies in Italy to see if I would like to represent them in the UK. They were Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferre and Missoni. This happened in the early 80s. My first love, though, was alway Ivy League - and still is.
I was in Milan at Giorgio Armani's catwalk when the film American Gigolo (1980) was announced. The original cast was John Travolta. Later replaced by Richard Gere because Travolta got to bit too big with Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978).
I was in Milan at Giorgio Armani's catwalk when the film American Gigolo (1980) was announced. The original cast was John Travolta. Later replaced by Richard Gere because Travolta got to bit too big with Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978).
Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferre and Ottavio Missoni (Kirven archives and film poster).
I thought that Richard Gere wore the Armani suits very well but Armani was not the only designer in the movie.
Right through the 80s I had the Italian designers showroom in Golden Square and I did very well with that. This was the period when I spent most of the time in Soho.
Clubs like The Wag restarted by Chris Sullivan was the place to go, also The Kilt. Things were getting popular again in Soho.
During this period Soho regenerated itself and became more of a place to visit. Advertising agencies and commercials production companies took up the free space left behind by the porn industry and the old movie studios.
While I was at the showroom in Golden Square I also opened my own fashion shop called Firma in Buckhurst Hill. When I started it I had Gianfranco Ferre, Ralph Lauren and Missoni. I changed from my first love which was Ivy League.
Right through the 80s I had the Italian designers showroom in Golden Square and I did very well with that. This was the period when I spent most of the time in Soho.
Clubs like The Wag restarted by Chris Sullivan was the place to go, also The Kilt. Things were getting popular again in Soho.
During this period Soho regenerated itself and became more of a place to visit. Advertising agencies and commercials production companies took up the free space left behind by the porn industry and the old movie studios.
While I was at the showroom in Golden Square I also opened my own fashion shop called Firma in Buckhurst Hill. When I started it I had Gianfranco Ferre, Ralph Lauren and Missoni. I changed from my first love which was Ivy League.
"THE CENTER OF FASHION WAS BOND STREET"
Wayne Kirven
Wayne Kirven
Slave To Love (1985) by Brian Ferry
Come on Eileen (1982) by Dexis Midnight Runners
The Eighties was the 'loadsamoney' era. Privatizations started a money trend from the City. Designers became the fashion of the decade. People started to buy labels rather than clothes. It was ostentatious, shoulders were wide and big. You could knock somebody over with a shoulder pad.
Trousers were very baggy, very fold. The city of Milan was the biggest influence for fashion. There was a local London trend called the New Romantics look. Never caught on except for clubs - it was clubwear, it was not streetwear.
Milan was streetwear, Milan was expensive, Milan was beautifully made. For men as well as for women.
There was also cross-dressing in this decade, like with Boy George.
Katherine Hamnett was one of the new student designers. There was a resurgence of the King's Road where she sold expensive casualwear. Hamnett got famous for T-shirts with slogans. Where people had logos such as Nike or Levis on their T-shirts, Hamnett put political slogans 'Protest and Survive', 'Stop Acid Rain', 'Choose Life' were some of them. The singer George Michael of Wham! used one in a music video.
Trousers were very baggy, very fold. The city of Milan was the biggest influence for fashion. There was a local London trend called the New Romantics look. Never caught on except for clubs - it was clubwear, it was not streetwear.
Milan was streetwear, Milan was expensive, Milan was beautifully made. For men as well as for women.
There was also cross-dressing in this decade, like with Boy George.
Katherine Hamnett was one of the new student designers. There was a resurgence of the King's Road where she sold expensive casualwear. Hamnett got famous for T-shirts with slogans. Where people had logos such as Nike or Levis on their T-shirts, Hamnett put political slogans 'Protest and Survive', 'Stop Acid Rain', 'Choose Life' were some of them. The singer George Michael of Wham! used one in a music video.
London-designed fashion in the Eighties never really caught on in London because all the best student designers went to work for top fashion houses in Paris. When they came back they started some trends in London. Vivienne Westwood the fashion label was also owed by Italians later on.
The surprise was once again the shop Brown's when they bought the entire student collection of John Galliano and made it fashionable in London.
Spandau Ballet was the house band of the club Blitz in the early Eighties, they were known as the Blitz Kids. They had a record contract out of that. 'To Cut a Long Story Short' was their first single.
The late 80s was the time of Brian Ferry. When the singers left their bands they created they own swagger. Brian Ferry left Roxy Music and he became the best at it. The swagger, I mean. The poverty of the Seventies in fashion was long gone by then. There was a new style in town throughout the Eighties.
Madonna ends this decade as the Queen of Pop. She is invited to every fashion show in the world. Madonna merges fashion and music for the first time big time.
The surprise was once again the shop Brown's when they bought the entire student collection of John Galliano and made it fashionable in London.
Spandau Ballet was the house band of the club Blitz in the early Eighties, they were known as the Blitz Kids. They had a record contract out of that. 'To Cut a Long Story Short' was their first single.
The late 80s was the time of Brian Ferry. When the singers left their bands they created they own swagger. Brian Ferry left Roxy Music and he became the best at it. The swagger, I mean. The poverty of the Seventies in fashion was long gone by then. There was a new style in town throughout the Eighties.
Madonna ends this decade as the Queen of Pop. She is invited to every fashion show in the world. Madonna merges fashion and music for the first time big time.
"MY FIRST LOVE IS IVY LEAGUE
AND STILL IS"
Wayne Kirven
AND STILL IS"
Wayne Kirven
Paul Weller came back in the Eighties with The Style Council and hit the big time once again.
Cafe Bleu (1984) by The Style Council
The Nineties
"THE CENTER OF FASHION WAS CAMDEN"
Wayne Kirven
Wayne Kirven
In the Nineties I gave up Soho for a few years. It all got too busy and I had my family to look after. Soho was finito for me for a while. I travelled to Italy to buy clothes for my shop Firma in Buckhurst Hill. I came to Soho only once or twice a year. You've got to give it a break sometimes to survive it.
By this time there was a new generation with a new fashion and new music. Behind was the cross dressing and the baggy trousers. The new generation was called Brit Pop.
Just like punk and the mods followed the 60s, Brit Pop followed the Eighties. Once again the kids couldn't follow the expensive bands so Pulp, Oasis, Blur took their place and were getting listened to a lot by the new generation.
The center of fashion in the Eighties was Bond Street. In the Nineties it was Camden Market. That was the center of Brit Pop.
Vintage clothing was also started in Camden. People started recycling.
Just like punk and the mods followed the 60s, Brit Pop followed the Eighties. Once again the kids couldn't follow the expensive bands so Pulp, Oasis, Blur took their place and were getting listened to a lot by the new generation.
The center of fashion in the Eighties was Bond Street. In the Nineties it was Camden Market. That was the center of Brit Pop.
Vintage clothing was also started in Camden. People started recycling.
The 2000s
The Strokes, Someday, 2002
The Strokes have always been very influential and have been just under the mainstream. I love the video of this track too.
This decade is when culture stopped being taken seriously anymore. Just computer games and rap. There was no money for clothes, it was being spent on technology and holidays like in Ibiza. People stopped going out much.
The center of fashion in the 2000s was eBay.
The center of fashion in the 2000s was eBay.
"NO MORE CULTURE"
Wayne Kirven
Wayne Kirven
Gaga and Beyoncé become the Madonna of the next decades. They merged fashion and music once again. If you did not have a fashion profile you would find it more difficult to make it.
The 2010s
Heloise Letissier records as Christine and the Queen is a singer and dancer. The 'Queen' is her dance troupe. She is an avid wearer of Thom Browne and has appeared in sold out concert at the Moth Club in Hackney. Probably my favourite dancer and singer.
We are just out of this decade which was also hit by the pandemic at the end. It will take a couple of years fo find out more about it. Where it is going, I mean.
I'm predicting that nothing will happen for a long time. It will be just like in the Seventies. Beyoncé is more a fashion icon that a music icon these days. She is now the face of Tiffany.
Adele is making some forays into fashion with the cover of Vogue magazine together with Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa. They have replaced Hollywood stars in the cover of Vogue. Vogue is a mainstream magazines now.
Men may have been relegated to second class citizens.
I'm predicting that nothing will happen for a long time. It will be just like in the Seventies. Beyoncé is more a fashion icon that a music icon these days. She is now the face of Tiffany.
Adele is making some forays into fashion with the cover of Vogue magazine together with Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa. They have replaced Hollywood stars in the cover of Vogue. Vogue is a mainstream magazines now.
Men may have been relegated to second class citizens.
In men, Ed Sheeran has no image. Not in fashion, not in music. We are talking about big trends here. Sheeran sells a lot of records but he doesn't have a profile.
Everything is now mainstream. Big printed fashion magazines use musicians for the sake of desperate sales in the age of internet.
People who made their name in the 70s or 80s think their decade was the greatest. I put a pinch of salt on that. I've seen it all. There are fashion designers and bands and musicians that were great in their decade but they did not influence trends in both industries worldwide. We are talking big influencers here, trailblazers.
Everything is now mainstream. Big printed fashion magazines use musicians for the sake of desperate sales in the age of internet.
People who made their name in the 70s or 80s think their decade was the greatest. I put a pinch of salt on that. I've seen it all. There are fashion designers and bands and musicians that were great in their decade but they did not influence trends in both industries worldwide. We are talking big influencers here, trailblazers.
"ADELE IS SUPERMARKET MUSIC"
Wayne Kirven
Wayne Kirven
I find Adele supermarket music. Fantastically well promoted. He biggest sales comes from supermarkets.
Throughout the decades I have had my own personal favourites so I am not negating other great influencers. It's just that in some cases I prefer to remember mine.
Throughout the decades I have had my own personal favourites so I am not negating other great influencers. It's just that in some cases I prefer to remember mine.
"HIT THEM WITH A 'COOL'
AND MOVE ON"
Wayne Kirven
AND MOVE ON"
Wayne Kirven
EDITOR'S NOTES
Style guru Wayne Kirven (right) and Pablo Behrens (editor of SOHO IMAGE MAGAZINE
and director of the film ADRIFT IN SOHO) chatting about fashion and style outside Bar Italia.
and director of the film ADRIFT IN SOHO) chatting about fashion and style outside Bar Italia.
During this last decade Wayne Kirven has returned regularly to Soho as a semi-retired fashion guru. He also started using his ample experience and archive in his Instagram account @Waynefrombruckhursthill to impart his gospel of fashion and style. All the previous decades merge into one on his Instagram account.
The subject of fashion and music through the decades is vast and their influence is worldwide. UK music has been very influential since The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and many other bands and also solo singers have contributed to that influence.
British fashion has had less influence worldwide but whatever it got, it came on the back of music. New York, Milan and Paris continue to dominate the fashion trends that the world follows. However, things now are not as certain as they used to be. I wonder if their is going to be another 60s revolution again of some kind.
The subject of fashion and music through the decades is vast and their influence is worldwide. UK music has been very influential since The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and many other bands and also solo singers have contributed to that influence.
British fashion has had less influence worldwide but whatever it got, it came on the back of music. New York, Milan and Paris continue to dominate the fashion trends that the world follows. However, things now are not as certain as they used to be. I wonder if their is going to be another 60s revolution again of some kind.
FURTHER READING
Boutique London, a History of the King's Road to Carnaby Street by Richard Lester, ACC Editions.
The London Fashion Book by Andrew Tucker, Thames and Hudson.
Wayne Kirven's own book about fashion will be published later this year.
Boutique London, a History of the King's Road to Carnaby Street by Richard Lester, ACC Editions.
The London Fashion Book by Andrew Tucker, Thames and Hudson.
Wayne Kirven's own book about fashion will be published later this year.
Note: Some pictures courtesy of 'Boutique London' by Richard Lester and others with thanks to Wayne Kirven and the Internet Commons.
Fair use all of them for didactic purposes only.
Many thanks to Bar Italia, Little Italy Soho and Cafe Bruno for the photo locations.
Fair use all of them for didactic purposes only.
Many thanks to Bar Italia, Little Italy Soho and Cafe Bruno for the photo locations.
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